6-APB legal status by country

Countries where the legal status of 6-APB has been confirmed against a primary source. Legal information, not legal advice; drug laws change, so confirm with the destination’s embassy or drug authority before you travel.

16 confirmed countries208 not individually verifiedLatest source July 14, 2026

Confirmed legal status

Each row links to the full detail for 6-APB in that country, including consequences and the primary source.

Australia6-APB is controlled in Australia — caught by the 'substantially similar' structural-analogue provisions...
Canada6-APB is controlled in Canada — caught as an analogue of MDA under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act...
China6-APB is a controlled substance in China — individually named on the supplementary controlled-NPS list...
France6-APB is classed as a stupefiant (narcotic) in France — individually named by the Arrete du 3 mai 2018...
Germany6-APB is a controlled substance in Germany — individually named in Anlage II of the Betaeubungsmittelgesetz...
Ireland6-APB is prohibited in Ireland — not individually scheduled but covered by the blanket Criminal Justice...
Italy6-APB is a controlled narcotic in Italy — listed in Tabella I of the Testo Unico (DPR 309/1990) via the...
Japan6-APB is controlled in Japan — (2-aminopropyl)benzofuran (APB) was added to the designated-substance...
Netherlands6-APB is controlled in the Netherlands — caught by the designer-drug group ban in force 1 Jul 2025, under...
New Zealand6-APB is controlled in New Zealand — caught by the controlled-drug analogue provision (structural analogue of...
Poland6-APB is a controlled NPS in Poland — caught by the benzofuranyl/dihydrobenzofuranyl structural class listed...
Portugal6-APB is a controlled NPS in Portugal — individually named in the annex to Decreto-Lei n.o 54/2013 (17 Apr...
Sweden6-APB is controlled in Sweden — first designated a haelsofarlig vara (hazardous good, lag 1999:42) and...
Switzerland6-APB is a controlled substance in Switzerland — individually named in Verzeichnis E of the BetmVV-EDI...
Turkey6-APB is classed as an illegal narcotic in Turkey — added to the national controlled-substances list via the...
United Kingdom6-APB is a controlled drug in the UK — individually named as part of the benzofuran group. It was placed...

Not individually verified

For these 208 countries the governing national drug law is known and cited, but we have not verified that 6-APB specifically is scheduled under it. These are not legal answers and are deliberately not published as their own pages. Confirm with the country’s drug authority or your embassy.

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